The career repercussions for Harvey Weinstein have started to come in the wake of dozens of women coming forward to accuse him of sexually harassing and assaulting them.

Weinstein’s own company fired him after the reports came to light, he may face expulsion from the Producer’s Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and now several popular television shows are dropping Weinstein-related credits from their productions.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, in wake of the allegations Peaky Blinders — a television drama starring Cillian Murphy — is removing a production card for The Weinstein Company from its show. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | 'Peaky Blinders,' 'Project Runway,' and more drop Weinstein credits amidst accusations

The #WomenBoycottTwitter started a discussion on Friday, but women of color are asking: Where was this a few days ago? Or a few months ago?

The boycott started after Rose McGowan was suspended from Twitter Thursday morning for posting a private phone number, which violated the company’s term of service. This, in the rising wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, caused an uproar and many called for the women to boycott Twitter. A large number of users bashed the social media platform for banning someone trying to speak out about sexual abuse, when so many other nasty trolls are left to harass whomever they want.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | #WomenBoycottTwitter is just another hashtag too late for women of color

There’s a Chinese mobile game called Heroes of Warfare, which takes as much inspiration as possible from Blizzard Entertainment’s hit game Overwatch. A little too much inspiration for Blizzard’s liking.

Blizzard and its Chinese partner NetEase are suing Heroes of Warfare‘s creators, 4399, for infringing on its intellectual property, Japanese news site PC Watch reported today. Blizzard claims that 4399’s Heroes of Warfare and another game that’s already been shut down is too similar to Overwatch, and is calling for a take down.

Just take a look through this gameplay video of Heroes of Warfare and you’ll see what Blizzard is getting at: Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Blizzard is suing a company for blatantly ripping off 'Overwatch'

On Oct. 13, 2011, the world was graced by three beautiful words courtesy of Tom and Donna on Parks and Recreation: Treat. Yo. Self.

The world has changed a lot since Pawnee’s swaggiest duo preached the gospel of self care. An overgrown baby is President; someone who physically resembles an overgrown baby was recently accused by 30 women (and counting) of sexual harassment; a million other things.

With the world in slow, painful free fall, here’s a list of highly satisfying, hyper-specific ways to treat yo self today.

1. Stay in tonight.

May I suggest catching up on TV and perhaps partaking of a face mask? Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Everything is terrible but today is 'Treat Yo Self' day, so go wild